Poplin was REALLY hungry yesterday. He ate about 6 cups of Canidae, a cup or so of cottage cheese, and an egg.

He usually eats about 3 cups a day total. What gives? Do dogs have super hungry days sometimes? He just kept eating and coming to me for more. I usually free feed Poplin because he doesn't ever overeat, but yesterday he was eating like a horse.

He got as much excercise as he usually gets, so it's not like he "needed" the extra food for energy. I'm not sure what to make of it.

hyperjoga wrote:Poplin was REALLY hungry yesterday. He ate about 6 cups of Canidae, a cup or so of cottage cheese, and an egg.

He usually eats about 3 cups a day total. What gives? Do dogs have super hungry days sometimes? He just kept eating and coming to me for more. I usually free feed Poplin because he doesn't ever overeat, but yesterday he was eating like a horse.

He got as much excercise as he usually gets, so it's not like he "needed" the extra food for energy. I'm not sure what to make of it.

yikes!
even his normal 3 cups sounds like a lot... how much does he weigh?
Candiae is a pretty high quality food; you usually don't have to feed as much. My 55 pound girl gets 2 cups a day.

of course, she would eat an entire bag if I left it out... I don't understand how anyone can free feed a pit bull!

pitbullfan04 wrote:even his normal 3 cups sounds like a lot... how much does he weigh?Candiae is a pretty high quality food; you usually don't have to feed as much. My 55 pound girl gets 2 cups a day.

He's around 55 pounds and not at all fat... He gets walked daily, we go jogging once in awhile, and we play a lot in the gallery... I wouldn't say he's over or underexercised..... though probably underexercised if anything... haha

I didn't realize 3 cups was a lot of food.. He poops twice a day, sometimes just once and sometimes 3 times, which seems normal enough.

pitbullfan04 wrote:even his normal 3 cups sounds like a lot... how much does he weigh?Candiae is a pretty high quality food; you usually don't have to feed as much. My 55 pound girl gets 2 cups a day.

He's around 55 pounds and not at all fat... He gets walked daily, we go jogging once in awhile, and we play a lot in the gallery... I wouldn't say he's over or underexercised..... though probably underexercised if anything... haha

I didn't realize 3 cups was a lot of food.. He poops twice a day, sometimes just once and sometimes 3 times, which seems normal enough.

I need a "*shrugs* dunno what else to say" emoticon. haha

every dog is different. If he's really not fat (his ribs should just be showing) then what you're doing is probably fine.

They have no control usually. Daisy broke into the pantry and ate about 15-20 cups of Innova, as opposed to her normal 2. :roll: She looked like a guppy she was so bloated and all I could do was stare when I came home. She still tried to get my dinner and Doc's. Ms. Piggy....

And up it slowly if need be but don't free feed. Doc weighs 5-10 lbs less than Daisy and he get's almost a cup more because he's a freak and it takes alot of energy to be him.

Unfortunately we don't have room for a permanent springpole. We've got exposed wood cielings and one huge wooden beam in the main gallery space (mainly for installation media), so I had set one up in there hanging from the beam for a couple weeks... but it was too much trouble getting out the 12ft. ladder to take it down everytime we opened for business.

I need to figure out how to setup a springpole that goes up and comes down from 15ft cielings easily.

hyperjoga wrote:I need to figure out how to setup a springpole that goes up and comes down from 15ft cielings easily.

Hmmmm... What about a tie off? If there is a solid place to tie it off you could toss a rope over the beam and then just pull it up to correct height, that would be easy to do.... Of course that would only work if it is a fully exposed beam. I can't think of any other way to do it.

hyperjoga wrote:I need to figure out how to setup a springpole that goes up and comes down from 15ft cielings easily.

Hmmmm... What about a tie off? If there is a solid place to tie it off you could toss a rope over the beam and then just pull it up to correct height, that would be easy to do.... Of course that would only work if it is a fully exposed beam. I can't think of any other way to do it.

Unfortunately it's not a fully exposed beam.......and besides the rope & bait have to be ~completely~ removed when we're open for business, not just hung out of reach... it is an art gallery afterall..